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[hostage]

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_“ Hey, it's me. Wait for the thing. _”

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[hostage]

Yeah

[He already has.]

[vaccination]

you can text me when you're bored. i have puns and the ability to have conversations that aren't dark

[hostage]

I don't want to piss Steph off

[vaccination]

it wouldn't be on you. She knows how I am

[hostage]

It don't work like that

[vaccination]

you won't get in trouble

[hostage]

Think about the kind of person she thinks I am

[vaccination]

then she doesn't find out I still talk to you. She's not my mom

[hostage]

What happens if Joel finds out

[vaccination]

nothing. He knows I can take care of myself. He knows we're friends too

[hostage]

OK

[vaccination]

I'm not gonna cause you more problems

[hostage]

It's my own damn fault if there's a problem

[vaccination]

well you did try to get me to stay away so not entirely your fault if there is. Which there won't be

[hostage]

I'm the grownup here

[vaccination]

i'll pull the troubled and sad kid card. you'll be fine

[hostage]

If you say so

[vaccination]

[Fine in that scenario, anyway.]

do you think I'm nuts?

[hostage]

Well you kind of remind me of me so I don't know what to tell you far as popular opinion and whatnot

Personally I don't think either of us is nuts

Fucked up maybe

Not nuts

[vaccination]

[Fucked up, not nuts. Ellie's been sure of that for a while, but it's weird to get a confirmation from an outside source. It's not insulting or hurtful, but it's not a relief, either. It's just weird.]

that sounds about right.
birds of a feather and whatever huh?

[hostage]

Yeah sorry

If it helps I think you'll grow up better than me

[vaccination]

[Ellie's not sure if she'll get a chance to grow up, though she won't make Jesse think about that.]

how come?

[At fourteen she has some pretty intense PTSD. Another ten years? Christ...]

[hostage]

Well I sure as shit hope you're not planning to become a drug lord, for starters

You're smart, you can figure out the right way to do things

[vaccination]

i thought you were just a dealer unless that was just sarcasm. text sucks

[hostage]

I was a dealer

Then I was more than a dealer

Then I retired